Sang Maosen.

(File photo, photo by reporter Liao Zhenhui)

[Reporter Wu Mengru/Comprehensive Report] The Basketball Association announced today that Sang Maosen will take over as the head coach of the Taiwan Men's Basketball Team. He will lead the team to participate in this year's 42nd William Jones Cup International Invitational Tournament, Hangzhou Asian Games and the 2025 Asian Cup Men's Basketball Qualifying Tournament. The first round of competition.

The Basketball Association stated that after confirming that it will not renew the contract with foreign coach C.PARKER, it will consult a number of qualified coaches from various domestic leagues, including Zhou Junsan, Li Yihua, Zheng Zhilong, Xu Jinzhe, Qiu Dazong, Sang Maosen, Yan Xingshu, Yang Zheyi, Chen Guowei and other coaches submitted the compiled list to the men's basketball selection and training committee for discussion. After the selection and training committee discussed the coaches on the list one by one, they took into account each coach's personal wishes, the time he could cooperate with the training group, and the team he belonged to. The degree of cooperation, past coaching experience, etc., finally selected coach Sang Maosen as the head coach of this year's Taiwan Men's Basketball Team.

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Coach Sang Maosen’s coaching experience in recent years includes the assistant coach of the 2015 World Universiade Men’s Basketball Team, the head coach of the 41st Jones Cup Taiwan Men’s Basketball Team in 2019, the coach of the Taiwan White Team in the 2020 Molten Taiwan Super Basketball Challenge, and the 2022 Cross-League Invitational Tournament in Taiwan The head coach of the men's basketball training team is currently the head coach of the basketball team of the National Sports University.

The Taiwan men's basketball team will follow up with the head coach Sang Maosen to organize the coaching team and start the recruitment of players. The Basketball Association said that it will try its best to coordinate the foreign players and the three domestic leagues to cooperate fully to form the best team to go to the international competition. It is currently expected to be held in June. During the training period, off-site training will be arranged to accumulate practical experience.

Taiwan's men's basketball team is expected to participate in three international events this year, including the 42nd Jones Cup in August, the Hangzhou Asian Games in September, and the first round of the 2025 Asian Cup Men's Basketball Qualifying Tournament in November. There will be a home game in Taipei.